CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-25 GUJARAT DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK Part - XfI-A & B BHARUCH DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY ~ VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT Jayant Parimal of the· indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations, Gujarat © Goverment of India Copyright Data Product Code 24-033-2001 - Census-Book The Fortification of Kot This is a stonewall round the town. It is ascribed by tradition to Siddharaj Jaisinghji.of Anhilwara (1094-1143). The walls were repaired and strengthened by Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat (1526-36) in 944 A.H.(1533 A.D.) A ditch was also ordered to be dug round the fort for the protection of the town. The ditch was supplied with water from the ~armada and also from the tanks Pata Talav and Ratan Talav. In 1660, under the orders of the emperor Aurangzeb, parts of the walls were thrown down but 25 years later the same monarch was forced to rebuild them to save the town from Maratha assaults. The fort had several gates both on the landside and the riverside. Some on the riverside are still in existence. The fort area is about 3,84,000 sq.yards. Victoria Clock This clock tower was built in A.D. 1906 at a cost of Rs. 12,906 (public contribution Rs. 8,073 and municipal contribution Rs. 4,833) in memory of the Late Queen Victoria. It is a four - storeyed tower with agasi (terrace), the height being 115 feet. On the fourth floor of the building is a big clock, striking quarter of an hour, half an hour, three fourth of an hour and an hour. It faces all the four directions. For visibility at night, there is an electric light arrangement also. The building is managed by municipality and is situated on a good a elevated place facing the river, which gives it an imposing appearance. A M B H G u L F o F K H A " , I ~o c: n ::I: H tIl Z en i:'5 :» ::l... n 0'" o ...c: :»'" c:'" G1 @ en :»'" "c: oz ::l G1 Gl o a z "' < CD 3 H 3 ...'" CD '" '"­g, :;­ a. ~. () a ]. or ~ o ~ Contents Pages Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv District Highlights -200 1 Censu~ xvii Important Statistics in the District xix Ranking of Talukas in the District xxi Statements 1-9 : Statement 1 Name of the Headquarters of the District/Taluka, their Rural-Urban status xxiii and Distance from District Headquarters, 2001 Statement 2 Name of the Headquarters of the District/TalukalC. D. Block. their Rural- xxiii Urban status and Distance from District Headquarters, 2001 Statement 3 Population bf the District at each Census from i90l To 2001 xxiv Statement 4 Area, Number of Villages/Towns and Population in District and Taluka, 2001 xxv Statement 5 TalukaiC. D. Blockwise Number of Villages and Rural Population. 2001 xxvii Statement 6 Population of Urban Agglomerations /Towns, 2001 xxvii Statement 7 Villages with Population of 5,000 and above at TalukaiC. D. Block level as xxviii per 2001 Census and Amenities available Statement 8,: Statutory Towns with Population less than 5000 as p~r 2001 Census and xxx Amenities available Statement 9 : Houseless and Inst!tutional Population of Talukas,Rural and Urban, 2001 xxxi Analytical Note (i) History and Scope of the District Census Handbook 3 (ii) _ Brief History of the District 5 (iii) Administrativ'e Set up 6 (iv) Physical Features 9 (v) Census Concepts- 20 (vi) Non-Census Concepts (vii) 2001 Census Findings - Population and its Distribution 31 / Brief analysis of PCA Data Brief analysis of the" Village Directory and Town Directory Data Brief analysis of the Data on Houses and Household Amenities,Hotlselisting Operations, Census of India 2001 - (viii) Major Social and Cultural Events, Natural and Administrative Developments 81 and Significant activities during the Decade (ix) Brief description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological 81 Importance in Villages and Places of tourist Interest in the Towns of the District (x) - Major Characteristics of the District, Contribution of the District in the form of 83 any Historical Figure associated with the District (xi) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory 84 vii Y-77-(i) Pages PART - A: VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section I - Village Directory (a) Note Explaining the Abbreviations used in Village Directory 89 (b) List of Villages merged in Towns and Outgrowths at 2001 Census 92 (c) Talukal C.D. Blockwise presentation of Village Directory Data (1) Iambusar Taluka (i) Taluka Map 95 (ii) Alphabetical list ofViUages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 g] (iii) Village Directory 98 (2) Amod Taluka (i) Taluka Map 117 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 119 (iii) Village Directory 120 (3) Vagra Taluka (i) Taluka Map 135 (ii) Alphabetical list ofViIlages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 137· (iii) Village Directory 138 (4) Bharuch Taluka (i) Taluka Map 155 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 157 (ill) Village Directory - 158 (5) Jhagadia Taluka (i) Taluka Map 183 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages along with Location Code 1991 and 2001 . 185 (iii) Village Directory 188 (6) Anklesvar Taluka (i) Taluka Map 227 (n) Alphabetical list of Villages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 229 (iii) Village Directory 230 (7) Hansot Taluka (i) Taluka Map 245 (ii) Alphabetical list of Villages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 247 (iii) Village Directory 248 (8) Valia Taluka (i) Taluka Map 261 (ii) Alphabetical list ofViUages along with Location Code 1991and 2001 263 (iii) Village Directory 264 viii (d) Appendices To Village Directory Pages Appendix - I Abstract of Educational, Medical and other Amenities in villages- 286 Taluka /C.D.Block level Appendix - IA Villages by number of Primary School 290 Appendix -ffi Villages by Primary. Middle and Seco~dary Schools 290 Appendix - IC Villages with different sources of Drinkirig Water faeilities 290 Available Appendix - II Villages with 5,000 and above Population which do not have one 291 or More Amenities available Appendix - II A : ' Census Towns which do not have One or More Amenities 293 Appendix - III Land Utilization Data in respect of CensuslNon municipal Towns 293 Appendix - IV Taluka IC.D. Blockwise List of Inhabited Villages where no 294 Amenity other than Drinking water facility is' available Appendix - V Summary showing number of Villages not having Scheduled 294 Castes Population Appendix -VI Summary showing number of Villages not having Scheduled 295 Tribes Population Appendix-VIlA List of Villages According to the Proportion of the Scheduled 295 Castes to the Total Population by Ranges Appendix -Vln~ List of Villages According to the Proportion of the Scheduled 302 Tribes to the Total Population by Ranges Appendix-vm Taluka IC.D. Blockwise Number of villages under each Gram 311 Panchayat Appendix-IX Statement Showing number of Girls Schools in the Villages 332 Section II - Town Directory. (a) Note Explaining the Abbreviations used in Town Directory 337 (b) Town Directory Statements (I to VII) Statement I Status and Growth History 342 Statement II Physical Aspects and Location of Towns 344 Statement III Municipal Finance 346 Statement IV Civic and Other Amenities 348 Statement V Medical. Educational. Recreational and Cultural Facilities 350 Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry, and Banking 352 Statement VII Civic and Other Amenities in Slums 354 (c) Appendix to Town Directory -Towns showing their Outgrowth with Population 356 PART - B: PRIMARY C.ENSUS ABSTRACT (a) Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 359 (b) District Primary Census Abstract (General) 364 (c) Appendix to District Primary Census Abstract Le. Urban block wise figves of 378 Total, SC and ST Population ix Pages Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes 396 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 410 Taluka IC.D. Blockwise Village Primary Census Abstract (i) Jambusar Taluka 424 (ii) Amod TaIuka 438 (iii) Vagra Taluka 452 (iv) Bharuch Taluka 466 (v) Jhagadia Taluka 486 (vi) Anklesvar Taluka 512 (vii) Hansot Taluka 526 (viii) Valia Taluka 540 Urban Primary Census Abstract 560 Annexure - I Number of Villages under each Gram Panchayat 574 Annexure - II Fertility and Mortality, 1991 Census 590 Annexure - III Various measures of Fertility and Mean age at Marriage, 1991 Census 591 Annexure - IV Percentage distribution of Migrants by Place of B irthl Place of 592 Last Residence, 2001 Census Annexure - V Brief Account of Main Religions in the District! Taluka as· 595 per 1991-2001 Censuses Annexure - VI Marital Status of Population as per 2001 Census 604 Annexure - VII Age, Sex and Education in the District, 2001 Census 605 Annexure -VIII Distribution of different Mother Tongues returned in 2001 Census 607 x Foreword he District Census Handbook (DCHB) published by Census Organisation since 1951 census, is one of Tthe important publications in the context of planning and development at gross-root level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic and socio-economic characteristics village­ wise and town-wise of the district along with the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructural facilities, etc. 2, The scope of the DCHB was initially con(rned to a few Census Tables and Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town within the district. Thereafter, at successive censuses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 census provided a -descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory including PCA. The 1971 census­ DCHB series was in three parts: Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages.